Hanshi Giyu Gibo born in 1938 into a martial arts family of Urasoe City, Okinawa. He started karate training in 1957. Through his martial arts career Master Gibo have received karate lessons from many of the karate masters in okinawan history Grand Master Nagamine and Nakahara.In 2005 he is offered to 9th dan by Grand Master Shugoro Nakazato, President of Okinawa karate do Shorin ryu Shorinkan Association. Master Giyu Gibo served in the position as Chief Advisor for the Federation Okinawa karate Shorin ryu Shorinkan South Asia. Currently Hanshi Gibo is the head of the Okinawa Shorin-Ryu Shobu-Kan Association.